9. Prayer Timings

٩۔ كتاب مواقيت الصلاة

9.20 The mention of 'Isha' and 'Atama and whoever took the two names as one and the same

٩۔٢٠ باب ذِكْرِ الْعِشَاءِ وَالْعَتَمَةِ وَمَنْ رَآهُ وَاسِعًا

[Machine] Abu Hurairah narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "The heaviest prayers on the hypocrites are the 'Isha' (evening) and Fajr (morning) prayers." He also said: "If they only know what (reward) there is in the darkness and the dawn (prayers)." Abu Abdullah said, and the preferable opinion is that 'Isha' refers to the verse of Allah: "And after the prayer is over" (Quran 24:58). It is mentioned from Abu Musa that he said: "We used to take turns with the Prophet ﷺ in offering the 'Isha' prayer until he performed it in congregation." Ibn Abbas and Aisha said: "The Prophet ﷺ performed the 'Isha' prayer in congregation." Some of them said that Aisha said: "The Prophet ﷺ performed the 'Isha' prayer in darkness." Jabir said: "The Prophet ﷺ used to pray 'Isha'." Abu Barza said: "The Prophet ﷺ used to delay the 'Isha' prayer." Anas said: "The Prophet ﷺ delayed the last 'Isha' prayer." Ibn Umar, Abu Ayub, and Ibn Abbas said: "The Prophet ﷺ prayed Maghrib and 'Isha'."

قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: «أَثْقَلُ الصَّلاَةِ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ الْعِشَاءُ وَالْفَجْرُ». وَقَالَ: «لَوْ يَعْلَمُونَ مَا فِي الْعَتَمَةِ وَالْفَجْرِ». قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَالاِخْتِيَارُ أَنْ يَقُولَ الْعِشَاءُ لِقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {وَمِنْ بَعْدِ صَلاَةِ الْعِشَاءِ}. وَيُذْكَرُ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ كُنَّا نَتَنَاوَبُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عِنْدَ صَلاَةِ الْعِشَاءِ فَأَعْتَمَ بِهَا. وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَعَائِشَةُ أَعْتَمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالْعِشَاءِ. وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَعْتَمَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِالْعَتَمَةِ. وَقَالَ جَابِرٌ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي الْعِشَاءَ. وَقَالَ أَبُو بَرْزَةَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُؤَخِّرُ الْعِشَاءَ. وَقَالَ أَنَسٌ أَخَّرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْعِشَاءَ الآخِرَةَ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَأَبُو أَيُّوبَ وَابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ مْ صَلَّى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الْمَغْرِبَ وَالْعِشَاءَ.

bukhari:564ʿAbdān > ʿAbdullāh > Yūnus > al-Zuhrī > Sālim > ʿAbdullāh

"One night Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in the ʿIsha' prayer and that is the one called Al-ʿAtma [??] by the people. After the completion of the prayer, he faced us and said, "Do you know the importance of this night? Nobody present on the surface of the earth tonight will be living after one hundred years from this night." (See Hadith No. 575).  

البخاري:٥٦٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ سَالِمٌ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ

صَلَّى لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَيْلَةً صَلاَةَ الْعِشَاءِ وَهْىَ الَّتِي يَدْعُو النَّاسُ الْعَتَمَةَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ أَرَأَيْتُمْ لَيْلَتَكُمْ هَذِهِ فَإِنَّ رَأْسَ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ مِنْهَا لاَ يَبْقَى مِمَّنْ هُوَ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الأَرْضِ أَحَدٌ